Monday, July 01, 2024 - Rap star, Kanye West, made a surprise visit to Russia on Sunday, June 30 where he was mobbed by fans.
The 47-year-old American, who has praised Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, in the past, was filmed shopping in Moscow wearing baggy white trousers and a white hoodie.
He is reportedly in Russia to celebrate the 40th birthday of Gosha Rubchinskiy, a Russian fashion designer.
“Hello, Moscow,” he wrote in Russian, at midday local time on Sunday on the VKontakte website, Russia’s state-monitored version of Facebook.
Videos shot by fans on their mobile phones showed Ye walking through a Moscow underpass with his entourage and bodyguards.
He was also seen walking across a hotel lobby, shopping in the upmarket Gum Mall and admiring Red Square from a viewing station.
He reportedly stayed at the Four Seasons Hotel, next to the Kremlin in the centre of Moscow, where the 212sqm presidential suite costs around £10,000 a night and comes with an en-suite sauna and a “luxurious marble bathroom”.
In videos posted online, thousands of fans rushed to catch a glimpse of one of Kanye, one of the world’s biggest-selling artists.
Kanye West spotted in Moscow, Russia.
— AF Post (@AFpost) June 30, 2024
Follow: @AFpost pic.twitter.com/C0YaiKpZmN
🇷🇺⚡️| Police have set up barricades near the entrance of a Moscow hotel where American rapper Kanye West is staying.
— South Today (@SouthToday5) June 30, 2024
The reason: dozens of fans gathered in anticipation of their idol.#Russia | pic.twitter.com/l2w2sX96qb
Kanye West spotted in Russia 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/2FlPGKPBax
— Ye (@ye_world_) July 1, 2024
West meets East: Ye in #Russia#YeInRussia
— 𝕏 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 (@cheguwera) June 30, 2024
Swarms of fans crowded outside the Four Seasons hotel near the #Kremlin on Sunday, hoping for a glimpse of American superstar Kanye West.
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